The Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League yesterday annonceed the recent amending of customs regulation of 1931, marking mandatory the marking of all imports with the label of the contry of origin, as a victory for Samuel Untermyer, leader of the anti-Nazi boycott.
According to the bycott association, Untermayer had repeatedly protested against the old ruling of the Treasury Department, which permitted German-made goods to be sold in this contry labeled Made in Saxony” and ”Made in Bavoaria, ” istead of ”Made in Germany.”
the bycott committee has been confronted with label difficulties bence its inception. Many desirous of upholding the boycott became unwitting byers of German goods because of their ignorance of geography. Most of the Germa-amd woment’s fabric bloyes on display in New York are labbelled ”’Made in Saxony,”’a mark that has confused many purchasers who otherwise would abide by the boycott.
WHERE IS BOHEMIA
On the other hand, it is learned that ardent anti-Nazi spirits have refused to buy chinaware labelled ”Made in Bohmia,” considering that sector a part of Germany. Even goods labelled ”Made in Czechoslovakia” are said to have been termed undesirable by one saleswoman because, she explanined to a prosective customer, ”I think Czechoslovakia is a city in eastern Germany.”
According to the boycott league, Untermayer was presparing to file suit suit against the Tresury Department to compel it to enforce that secton of the customs laves which provides that every article imported into the United States must be plainly and conspicuously marked with a label indicating the country of origin.
In part the amendiment to Article 509 (b> signed by Commissioner of Customs Moyle and apprvoved by the Secretary of Treasury on January 31, reads:
”The marking required by section 304 sall include the name of the country of origin, The name of a sub-division such as a kingdom, primcipality, state, or province or of a city within the country of origin is not alone sufficient. the political entity known as a nation However, colonies, possions, or protectorates outside of the boundaries of a mother contry shall be considered separete contries.”
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